Nadia Vale covers security failures, system safeguards and the difficult business of establishing trust. Her beat connects technical disclosures with their consequences for users and institutions. She favors specific threat models over sweeping claims that a system is safe or unsafe.
Brian Okonkwo, Chief Security Correspondent
Adobe has announced the discontinuation of its long-standing 2D animation software, Adobe Animate, a move that signals a significant shift in the company's...
European officials are sounding the alarm over the suspected activities of two Russian SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) spacecraft, codenamed "Inspector," operating in geostationary orbit. These probes a...
## A Familiar Voice, A New Warning
Senator Ron Wyden, a prominent and persistent critic of clandestine U.S. government surveillance, has once again sounded an alarm, this time focusing on unspecified...
Brian Okonkwo, Chief Security Correspondent
Pinterest has terminated the employment of two engineers, alleging they misused their access to internal systems by writing custom scripts to monitor colle...
## The Funding Chasm for Young Innovators
Two Stanford University students, Roman Scott and Robert Miller, have launched Breakthrough, a $2 million startup accelerator aimed at bolstering student ent...
The burgeoning trend of Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) is facing a critical juncture, as industry leaders acknowledge the inherent security complexities that accompany this service-oriented approach to ...
Users of the widely adopted Notepad++ text editor are facing a significant security scare after developer Don Ho revealed a sophisticated, six-month compromise of the application's update infrastructu...
Brian Okonkwo, Chief Security Correspondent
A sophisticated operation, potentially orchestrated by Chinese state-backed actors, has compromised the update infrastructure of Notepad++, a widely used c...
NordVPN is currently offering a significant 70 percent discount on its two-year Complete plan, a move that could attract price-conscious consumers but also warrants a closer look at the underlying ......
Gaming Revenue Declines Amidst Evolving Hardware Cycle Sony's latest financial disclosures paint a complex picture for its PlayStation division, revealing a 4% year-over-year dip in revenue for the......
AI's Double-Edged Sword in Blockchain Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Sonnet are rapidly transforming software development, promising enhanced productivity and reduced timeli......
Researchers have unveiled a novel reversible deep learning model that promises to revolutionize chemoinformatics by seamlessly bridging the gap between molecular structures and their corresponding ......
The rapid proliferation of large AI models across diverse applications, from complex reasoning tasks to simple text generation, has amplified concerns regarding their reliability and interpretabili......
Brian Okonkwo, Chief Security Correspondent Microsoft has lured Hayete Gallot back from Google Cloud, appointing her as the new Executive Vice President of Security, a significant move signaling a ......
The specter of an "insane repair bill" looms for PC users attempting to stretch the lifespan of older hardware, especially in the current climate of scarce and expensive RAM. As reported by Tom's H......